20 May 2017

Clune

1898-99. On May 25th, 1899, Morton went down the road to Clune Park and lost to Port Glasgow Athletic 3 - 1 in Glasgow and West of Scotland Football League play. This was the final day of the G&WofSFL schedule. St Mirren are thought to have won the league, though there doesn't seem to be a complete set of results. See the Scottish Football Historical Archive pages.

2016-17. Morton are out, but there are still lots of playoffs:

Premiership playoff semi-finals:

Dundee United 2 - 2 Falkirk (Tuesday)

Falkirk 1 - 2 Dundee United (Friday)

Falkirk remain in the Championship.

Championship playoff finals:

Brechin 1 - 0 Alloa (Wednesday)

Alloa [4 - 3] Brechin (Saturday)

[Brechin win on penalty kicks and advance to the 2017-18 Championship.]

League One playoff finals:

Forfar 2 -1 Peterhead (Wednesday)

Peterhead [1 - 5] Forfar (Saturday)

[Forfar go up, Peterhead go down.]

League Two playoff, second leg:

Cowdenbeath [1 - 1] East Kilbride

[Cowdenbeath win on penalty kicks and remain in the SPFL.]

Which Championship clubs played each other more than four times this season?

7 times Morton and Dundee United

6 times Ayr United and St Mirren

Dundee United and Dunfermline

Dundee United and Falkirk

5 times Queen of the South and Dundee United

Morton and Falkirk

Queen of the South and Hibs

Hibs and St Mirren

Ayr United and Falkirk

Ayr United and Hibs

Only Raith and Dumbarton played everyone else four times.

Players departing Morton: Oyenuga, Scullion, Pepper, McDonagh.

Tomorrow it's the final of the Lowland League Cup:

Spartans [3 - 0] BSC Glasgow

Copa Libertadores, Group B:

Sporting Cristal 0 - 2 Santa Fe

The Strongest 1 - 1 Santos

Alejandro Chumacero of The Strongest leads the tournament with 8 goals.